As first round selections, broadcasted on Twitch television's live stream platform, both Browne and Rookwood will be signed to six-month contracts worth $35,000 each. There will also be several in-season tournaments, as well as postseason tournaments, where players can earn more money. The league will cover the relocation and housing costs for all draftees.

“I’m truly blessed to have this opportunity,” Browne wrote on Facebook Wednesday evening. “This is just the beginning I’m hungrier then [sic] ever.”

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In a separate Facebook post, posing with the official Jazz Gaming hat, Browne joked that Jazz standout rookie and Elmsford native Donovan Mitchell needs show him around the town once he gets settled in.

In total, just over 100 players were drafted out of 72,000 who qualified.

There are 17 teams in the league, all of which are owned by NBA franchises, and the draft consisted of six rounds. NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the first overall pick, and NBA 2K League managing director Brendan Donohue announced the remaining picks.

Teams were required to choose one player at each position through the first five rounds, and were allowed to select any player at any position with their final pick.

Each game will consist of five starting players and a sixth man, with each draftee controlling one player to form a virtual 5-on-5 game. Competitors will create their own player, rather than play as existing NBA stars, and will select a specific style of play for their character.

Browne and Rookwood are both point guards, so they can choose for their individual character to be a shot-creating slasher, a shot-creating sharpshooter, a slashing playmaker, a sharpshooting playmaker, or a playmaking shot creator.

The New York Knicks are banking on star power to help yield success this year.

Jerry Ferrara, who played Salvatore “Turtle” Assante on the HBO hit show Entourage, will be the Head Scout and Creative Consultant for Knicks Gaming. Ferrara, a diehard Knicks fan, called in the team’s first pick at the draft Wednesday.

Ferrara is an avid NBA 2K player who said his experience and passion will help the team.

“Anyone who knows me understands my passion for NBA 2K so I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of Knicks Gaming as it launches”, Ferrara said in a press release by the team. “I know the NBA 2K gaming community well, and my goal is to help make Knicks Gaming the premier team in this league.”